Research Associate

Imperial College London - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Location:

London

Salary:

£36,800
to £44,220 per annum

Hours:

Full Time

Contract Type:

Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed on:

13th March 2018

Closes:

15th April 2018

Job Ref:

ENG00263

Fixed Term for up to 2 years

Job summaryAn opportunity has arisen for a Research Associate to work on Machine Learning and Simulation Software for Autonomous Vehicle Fleets. This post is funded from Innovate UK and the Centre for Connected and Autonomous and linked to a collaborative project that will design, trial and deploy a commercial, subscription-based platform, based on SAE Level 4 self-driving electric vehicles.

The start date for this post is 1st of May 2018 (with some degree of flexibility) and the salary will be based on the level of relevant experience of the successful candidate.

This is a fixed term appointment for up to 2 years.

Duties and responsibilitiesYou will contribute to the development of an in-house, large-scale, autonomous vehicle simulation platform that has been in development by the Transport Systems & Logistics group at Imperial College London. Through a combination of Machine Learning and Mathematical Programming, the project will focus on specifying aspects of the operational and design aspects of the platform across all levels, including autonomous driving, swarming behaviour, user charging, vehicle dispatching, public transport integration and the design of supporting infrastructure.

Essential requirementsYou must have a good undergraduate degree/ MSc in Computer Science, Robotics, Transport/Civil/Electrical Engineering (or equivalent) for appointment at Research Assistant level and a PhD in Electrical or Transport Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, (or equivalent) for appointment at Research Associate level. This must be accompanied by expertise in computer programming (in C#, Python or equivalent languages).

You will also have previous experience in several of the following areas: